Becoming Who You Are

Everyone tries to be better –

A better person,

A better mother or father,

A better employer.

It’s our goal, our highest aspiration,

It’s what we live for.

But we never achieve it.

There’s always someone that’s better –

More stuff, more money,

More control, more power,

More popular, more loved.

But we keep pushing for it,

Striving to become better.

We believe in becoming better people,

We become who we were meant to be.

CEO, president, American Idol,

Best teacher, most successful salesperson,

Most friendly, most likely to be famous.

So many situations, and we allow them to

Become our identity,

Define who we are,

Tell the world “this is me”.

But, honestly, are we really better?

Or just more experienced?

Do we really learn from these things

Or are they just markers in the race?

Did you ever stop to think that

Becoming who you are

Is becoming who I AM is?

I AM is holy

I AM is a sacrifice.

I AM is love.

There is so much more

To who you are

Than these titles and goals.

Father, help us see and know

That becoming who we are

Is all about becoming who

YOU ARE.